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Red Hat 4: RHSA-2006:0201-01 Important: xpdf Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey February 13, 2006
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Major xpdf enhancement for Red Hat fixes significant buffer overflow vulnerability. Protect your system integrity by applying this vital update.
An updated xpdf package that fixes a buffer overflow security issue is now available

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

179046 - CVE-2006-0301 PDF splash handling heap overflow


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: ecbd1704215b5886b323f3ed284eab56 xpdf-3.00-11.12.src.rpm

i386: df7bc17f97f222aa73ac258341a45acd xpdf-3.00-11.12.i386.rpm

ia64: 6ee29be68882992838fba3bcc29a9307 xpdf-3.00-11.12.ia64.rpm

ppc: d2293530e86e08eccd70fbae4593b8ef xpdf-3.00-11.12.ppc.rpm

s390: e7fb6a40049da54253a9291701433539 xpdf-3.00-11.12.s390.rpm

s390x: 8b410ea2468533f79c897d80c7fd279d xpdf-3.00-11.12.s390x.rpm

x86_64: f8464b02fa282be752281225f0d23cc4 xpdf-3.00-11.12.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: ecbd1704215b5886b323f3ed284eab56 xpdf-3.00-11.12.src.rpm

i386: df7bc17f97f222aa73ac258341a45acd xpdf-3.00-11.12.i386.rpm

x86_64: f8464b02fa282be752281225f0d23cc4 xpdf-3.00-11.12.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: ecbd1704215b5886b323f3ed284eab56 xpdf-3.00-11.12.src.rpm

i386: df7bc17f97f222aa73ac258341a45acd xpdf-3.00-11.12.i386.rpm

ia64: 6ee29be68882992838fba3bcc29a9307 xpdf-3.00-11.12.ia64.rpm

x86_64: f8464b02fa282be752281225f0d23cc4 xpdf-3.00-11.12.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: ecbd1704215b5886b323f3ed284eab56 xpdf-3.00-11.12.src.rpm

i386: df7bc17f97f222aa73ac258341a45acd xpdf-3.00-11.12.i386.rpm

ia64: 6ee29be68882992838fba3bcc29a9307 xpdf-3.00-11.12.ia64.rpm

x86_64: f8464b02fa282be752281225f0d23cc4 xpdf-3.00-11.12.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat buffer overflow software update security impact xpdf

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0301

Package List


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2006:0201-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0201.html
Issue date: 2006-02-13
Updated on: 2006-02-13
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat buffer overflow software update security impact xpdf

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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